§ 32.4. Regulation of Service Extension.

1.

Intent.

(a)

The intent of this section shall be to establish general regulations facilitating the coordination and orderly expansion of the City's reclaimed water system.

(b)

Compliance with this Chapter and other applicable portions of the City Code, shall be a condition precedent for extension and continuation of reclaimed water service.

2.

Initiation of Projects.

(a)

Depending on the size, cost and feasibility, an extension of the City's reclaimed water system may be initiated by action of the City Council or by the Director of Public Works, utilizing the factors established by the City Council.

(b)

To obtain reclaimed water service for a dwelling or development, property owners, including developers, shall extend reclaimed water service lines as necessary to the closest available point of connection as determined by the Director of Public Works.

(c)

The City may, at its discretion, participate in the cost of oversizing the reclaimed water mains or system that are constructed by developer to accommodate future development within the reuse service area.

3.

Application by Developers. The developer shall provide a comprehensive report on the scope and purpose of the desired extension of the reclaimed water system (service). The developer (applicant) shall submit plans and specifications, FDEP and other relevant permit applications, and other pertinent information as required by the Director of Public Works.

4.

Project Authorization.

(a)

Reclaimed water service extensions to serve developments and which are to be constructed at no cost to the City shall be deemed authorized to proceed upon approval of the project plans and specifications by the Director of Public Works and upon issuance of such permits and payment of fees and other charges as may be required by this Chapter or by act of the City Council, and such other requirements as imposed by law.

(b)

All reclaimed water service extensions requiring the use of municipal funds shall be approved by the Director of Public Works and, as appropriate, by the City Council.

5.

Design.

(a)

Plans and specifications shall be in conformance with City standards and shall show the seal of a professional engineer registered in the State. The Director of Public Works shall approve all plans and specifications prior to commencement of construction for the proposed extensions or modifications to the reclaimed water system which will be connected to the public reclaimed water system.

(b)

For extensions not designed and constructed by the City, one reproducible set of plans showing the completed work, as built, together with an affidavit of periodic and final inspections signed and sealed by a professional engineer, registered in the State of Florida, certifying that the work as constructed complies with City standards, shall be submitted to the Director of Permitting Services prior to granting final approval of the work and facilities. This process shall be done in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 65 of the City Land Development Code.

6.

Location and Installation.

(a)

The reclaimed water system and appurtenances shall be extended and located only in public rights-of-way, or in easements acceptable to the City. Reclaimed water booster pump stations and related appurtenances shall be constructed only on appropriately sized tracts of land dedicated to the City.

(b)

For new subdivisions, reclaimed water system extensions shall be installed only in public rights-of-way or easements where the finished grade has been established and approved by the Director of Public Works. Actual interconnection of a new extension with the City's existing reclaimed water system shall be prevented by placing a temporary bulkhead in the connecting lines, until the new extension has been fully cleaned and inspected and all other conditions for extension of the service have received the approval of the Director of Permitting Services.

7.

Extension of Service Outside the Corporate Limits.

(a)

The municipal reclaimed water system may be extended beyond the City's corporate limits at the discretion of the Director of Public Works, or upon approval of the City Council, to provide reclaimed water service to parcels within the City's designated reuse service areas. The City reserves the right to require annexation, or the execution and recording of a reasonable document to annex at such time as the property becomes contiguous to any in-City parcel, as a prerequisite for the delivery of reclaimed water.

(b)

Property owners or users outside of the City's corporate limits that are connected to the municipal reclaimed water system shall comply with and abide by the provisions set forth in this Chapter.

8.

Termination of Service Lines. The service line from the City's reclaimed water system shall terminate at the back of the street curb or, in the case of an uncurbed street, alley or utilities easement, at the property line of the user or owner. The property owner or user shall be responsible, at their sole expense, for extension of the service line to the private irrigation or reclaimed water system.

9.

Ownership. The ownership of any reclaimed water system extension and related appurtenances laid within a public right-of-way or easement and connected to the City's reclaimed water system, in accordance with this Chapter, shall at all times remain with the City, unless the City determines that the extension is part of a private system. Private system extensions shall remain the property of the property owner up to the point of connection with the City's reclaimed water system.

10.

Easement Dedications. The property owner shall dedicate land or shall grant a perpetual easement to the City for transmission and distribution facilities as necessary to provide reclaimed water service to the development or property.

11.

City's Rights Reserved.

(a)

No agreement to extend the reclaimed water system under the provisions of this Chapter shall restrict the City's right to make subsequent extensions or connections thereto.

(b)

The City shall reserve the right, at all times, to refuse or limit extension of reclaimed water service when such proposed extension is:

(1)

Economically unfeasible;

(2)

Detrimental to the public reclaimed water system;

(3)

Noncompliant with the policies, rules and regulations set forth by federal or state agencies, this Chapter or with other duly adopted City ordinances; or

(4)

Any other reason whereby such extension would not benefit, or may be inimical to, the best interests of the City or the public in general.

(Ord. of 5-6-2002, Doc. #020506702)